This recipe for Chinese claypot chicken rice: Doesn't require a clay pot: not everyone has an earthenware clay pot ... light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sugar, pepper, sesame oil and cornstarch.

I cook the ingredients in a stove-to-table Chinese clay pot (also called a sand pot) or another earthenware pot, which makes for a rustic presentation. Enamelled cast-iron pots, such as those by ...

Add the wine, turn the heat up to medium high ... In Italy they sometimes use an earthenware pot for making ragu, but I find that a heavy enamelled cast-iron casserole with high sides works ...